happy coincidence

Example Sentences

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By happy coincidence an architect called Remi Fromont had conducted an in-depth study of the timber frame as part of his university thesis.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

The Hurricanes have only 11 players on the roster this season - and having four from Toronto is basically a happy coincidence.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

This was a happy coincidence, because never in my life had the nation been so embroiled in wonky debates about infrastructure priorities and spending.

From Slate • May 6, 2023

It is also, by happy coincidence, the same year that a Riverside woman named Eliza Tibbets planted in her front garden a couple of Brazilian seedless orange trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Surely it was more than happy coincidence that the price of admission—“fifty cents, straight up,” remembers one former bug boy—was precisely equal to the pay for galloping a horse.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand